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Gissurarson Biography

I've removed the following from the article pending verifiability:

...some of them controversial, such as the three volume work by Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson. Laxness’ widow, with public support from many of Iceland's most prominent scholars on literature, sued Gissurarson for plagiarism, accusing him of editing and/or re-prhasing whole passages from her late husband's works and passing them on as his own. Gissurarson, a long-time outspoken conservative, claimed that these allegations were motivated by politics or even personal ill-will. In November 2006, Gissurarson was acquitted on all counts by the Reykjavík District Court.

Can this be properly sourced? Jkelly 02:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Which book won the Nobel?

Hi; came here looking to see which book it was he was awarded the Nobel Prize for; it doesn't say in the article or listing, at least not by searching the article for "nobel", and it's not on the Nobel Prize page either.Skookum1 21:54, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is it not the case that the Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded not for a specific book but for a lifetime's achievement? --MV Overchurch 23:23, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's a lifetime achievement award, in a sense, unlike some of the other more specific prizes. Probably because it's new and "tacked on" to the original concept of the prizes.

Sure, it's a lifetime achievement award. However, often a specific book is singled out as the "magnum opus" of the author, in Laxness' case it was the book Gerpla, which was considered a modern revival of the Icelandic sagas with all the existential irony of the 20th century.

Independent people is probably most Icelander´s favorite. --68.0.213.208 (talk) 04:40, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, I would think this article need some reworking, the scope of the article is narrow and one would be mislead to think that Laxness was predominantly a catholic writer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.144.13.213 (talk) 09:53, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Couple of issues:

The Prize for Literature is neither "new" nor "tacked-on" - it has been around as long as all of the other prizes (except for Economics) and is one of the oldest literary prizes in the world.
The Nobel is a lifetime achievement award. There was no mention in the Nobel citation of any individual work - saying that Gerpla, for example, is his magnum opus, is original research and has no bearing on his being awarded the Prize.
Finally, please sign your contributions to the talk pages. Just type four tildes. Irregulargalaxies (talk) 17:40, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

In Icelandic wikipedia,there is a good photo of Laxness which is given by a website for promotion of the writer. What is the appropriate license I should give if I upload it? --ZaDiak (talk) 00:50, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Total overhaul

Hi,

This article needs a complete rewriting, which would be obvious to anyone who know Laxness' work and his life. With all due respect to the pioneers of this article, the present article misses crucial points in Laxness' life, is filled with trivia unrelated to Laxness, and does not cover the literary importance of his work, in Europe and America during his lifetime, and still in Icelandic culture. If there are no protests within the next weeks I could volunteer.

Best regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.144.13.213 (talk) 10:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum 2/7/09

I am new to wikipedia and just noticed that the Laxness pages are very anemic.

Recent website on Halldor Laxness now appears to be lost. This is possible in part due to the economic crisis in Iceland.

The website was: http://www2.mbl.is/mm/serefni/laxness/

I would think that recovery of this website for buffing up wikipedia page might be helpful —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.21.235.41 (talk) 15:00, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dates of publishing It is correctly stated in the article that Laxness died in 1998. It therefore seems a little strange that he is claimed to have published three books posthumously. The fact is that these books are reprints and exerpts from formerly published works and should be clearly marked as such. 212.30.253.30 (talk) 17:03, 13 July 2009 (UTC)Þorvaldur Sigurðsson[reply]

Page overhaul 4/24/11

This page still presents a very warped view of Laxness' life and especially his literary output. It has a fractured chronology, I'll be looking at redoing a major restructuring in the next few months- input is appreciated!Dktrfz (talk) 01:50, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Page overhaul 5/3/11

Reorganized his life into chronological sections. Each section could use more verifiable input, but at least the structure is there now- HAVE AT IT! Dktrfz (talk) 04:09, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Page overhaul 5/4/11

More work in filling out timeline, added references, still much to be done.Dktrfz (talk) 03:27, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Page overhaul 5/7/11

Overhaul essentially complete, still needs a few references, but the format is set- additional material can be added in chronological order. The "Legacy" section needs additional material.Dktrfz (talk) 14:50, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Page overhaul 5/8/11

There are enough references to make a "source" section viable. The Ernest Hemingway site gives a good example.

Dktrfz (talk) 20:54, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Name

Just a query. The strapline states "This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is properly referred to by the given name Halldór".

So why is he then referred to throughout the article as "Laxness" rather than Halldór? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saxmund (talk • contribs) 13:34, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I am comfortable with it, but I suspect that over zealous style police would think it incorrect, and start a round of reverts. I'll change it and see what happens.Dktrfz (talk) 03:11, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is fine to refer to Halldór by his last name. Actually, it is questionable wheter that quote - "This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is properly referred to by the given name Halldór" - should be in the article. This quote does base on the statement that Icelanders use an patronymic system when it comes to names. While that is true, there are exceptions, and Laxness is one of those exceptions.--Snaevar (talk) 00:03, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification, I'll revert my changes. Dktrfz (talk) 15:01, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removed Icelandic name header, his name was changed and was an exception to the Icelandic naming conventions, the header made no sense in this case. Dktrfz (talk) 15:31, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Even when Icelanders have family names, they're still referred to by their first name. Laxness is almost an exception in that he was the only person (to my knowledge) to carry that particular family name, and Halldór is a common name so it's very easy to refer to him as Laxness (although "Kiljan" is just as popular). When he was alive Icelanders wouldn't just call him "Laxness" when addressing him though. They'd call him Halldór or a variation thereof. For that reason alone the name header should be there. I feel this has only been removed because people think it's "complicated", while it should stay for the simple reason that it's correct. finval (talk) 17:43, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Icelandic naming conventions are referenced in Early Life section Dktrfz (talk) 16:43, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Recent addition of diacritical marks added inside quotes, while they may be correct, are not present in the original quotes. No big deal, just pointing it out.Dktrfz (talk) 03:03, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Early years

18:48, 1 March 2014‎ Comp.arch (talk | contribs)‎ . . (18,657 bytes) (+143)‎ . . (Both are "right", main town is postal code 270, rural part is 271 still Mosfellsbær.

Icelandic version says Mosfellsbær. See "phone book" ja.is and http://gljufrasteinn.is/is/um_gljufrastein/fyrir_gesti/stadsetning_gljufrasteins/) (undo | thank)

Very strange hairsplitting going on here. When Halldór moved to Laxnes it was a farm. It still is. When he moved there there was no postal code, no telephone. What point is Comp.arch trying to make? The section is Early Years, not Later years which does cover Gljúfrasteinn. Dktrfz (talk) 23:34, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Added diacritic with-in quotes

I changed:

"The demoralization of the occupation period is described... nowhere as dramatically as in Halldor Kiljan Laxness' Atómstöðin

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